Group 1 Reporting

• Macaton, Anton A.
• Legada, Janice S.
• Manggay, Juremia B.
 HISTORY OF LITRATURE

 Japanese literature is one of the

major literatures of the world,
comparable to English literature
in age and variety.
 THE PERIOD OF
JAPANESE LITERATURE

ANCIENT LITERATURE
CLASSICAL LITERATURE
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
MODERN LITERATURE
• Edo Peruod
• Meiji Period
• Post-war Period
 ANCIENT LITERATURE
 The earliest Japanese literary works date to the
18th century and mostly deal with Japanese
legends and myths.

Two of the oldest Japanese Literature

 KOJIKI (Records of Ancient Matter)
Author  NIHON SHOKI (Chronicles of Japan)
 Ono Yasumaro
  CLASSICAL LITERATURE (HEIAN PERIOD 794-
1185)
 Reffered to as the Golden Era of Japanese art literature.

 Significant Literary works

 Authors
 MAN'SYUHO (Collection of
 Otomo No
Myriad Leaves)
Yakamochi  GENJI MONOTAGARI (The
 Murasaki Shikibu Tale of Genji)
 THE TALE OF GENJI

 Written by Court Lady named Murasaki

Shikibu is considered the pre-eminent
masterpiece of Heian fiction and the first
example of a work of fiction in the form of
novel.
 MEDIEVAL LITERATURE (1185-1573)
 During this period, Japan experienced many
civil war which led to the development of a
warrior class, and subsequent war tale,
histories, and relatef stories.
 Significant Literary
 Author
work
 Yukinaga  TALE OF THE HEIKE
 MODERN LITERATURE (1603)
 The early modern Japanese Literature saw the rise of the new
genres including KABUKI or Japanese Drama and HAIKU
POETRY.

 KABUKI- is a classical form of Japanese dance-

drama.
 HAIKU- is a short form of poetry.
 EDO PERIOD (1603-1868)
 The importation of Chinese venacular fiction that proved the
greatest outside influence on the development of Early
Modern Japanese fiction.

 Significant Literary
 Author
work
 Ihara Saikaku  KOSHOKU ICHIDAI
ONNA ( The life of an
amorous woman)
 MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)
 An influx of foreign texts spurred the development of the
modern Japanese literature.

 Authors  Significant Literary work

 TAKEKURABE ( Growing up )
 Ichigo Higuchi  MIDAREGAMI
 Yosano Akiko  GAN (The Wild Goose)
 Mori Ōgai
 POST-WAR PERIOD
 Many authors wrote stories of disaffection, loss of
purpose, and coping with defeat.

 Significant Literary work

 SHAYŌ ( The Setting Sun )
 Athors
 NOBI (Fires on the Plain)
 Dazai Osamu  KUROI AME (Black Rain)
 Ōoka Shohie
 Ibuse Masuji
 JAPANESE POETRY
Japanese poetry forms. Since the middle of the 19th century, the major forms of Japanese poetry
have been tanka (the modern name for waka), haiku poetry. Today, the main forms of Japanese
poetry include both experimental poetry and poetry that seeks to revive traditional ways.

 TANKA - It is a five line poem. The first and third lines have five
syllables each and the others have seven, making a total of thirty-
one (31) syllables.
 JAPANESE POETRY
 HAIKU- It is a seventeen-syllable (17) poem of three lines
arranged in lines of 5-7-5.